Performance

Ghalia Benali and Khalid Abdalla at Ibraaz

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Ghalia Benali and Khalid Abdalla: Post Date:
14 Oct 2025

In May 2025, Tunisian-Belgian singer and songwriter Ghalia Benali performed a concert at Ibraaz, which was part of a programme of musical performances curated by Ibraaz’s music director Imed Alibi. Below we include a short clip from the concert together with a clip of Egyptian-British actor and activist Khalid Abdalla reading an English translation of Ibrahim Nasrallah’s 2024 poem ‘Palestinian’.

Credits:
Oud player: Moufaddel Addoum
Violinist: Bassel Hariri
Videographer: Jon Lowe Productions
Video editor: Youssef Zariyat

Ghalia Benali is a Tunisian-Belgian singer, songwriter, visual artist, and actress. Her music blends diverse musical genres and cultural traditions, from Arabic and Tunisian folk to soul and Indian classical. Her albums include: Wild Harissa (2001), Romeo & Leila (2007), MwSOUL (2020), Call to Prayer (2020), and In the Footsteps of Rumi (2022).

Khalid Abdalla is an actor, producer, writer, and filmmaker, known for his roles in The Kite Runner (2007), United 93 (2006), and The Crown (2022-23). He produced and starred in the Egyptian docu-drama In the Last Days of the City (2017), directed by Tamer El Said. Nowhere (2024), his debut play as a writer, opened to critical acclaim in London and Manchester. He is also a founding member of three cultural initiatives in Cairo – Cinematheque, Zero Production, and the Mosireen collective – and works regularly with a range of human rights organisations.

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